tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post3026627819194448219..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Gates at Politico. Wrong. So Wrong.Peter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-17498063291374775672014-10-01T14:52:14.591-04:002014-10-01T14:52:14.591-04:00What I find disturbing in the video is the fawning...What I find disturbing in the video is the fawning behavior the other two participants exhibit over King Bill, nodding in agreement and chuckling along with the sage. It's how we got in this fix.laMissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00516322307725011313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-8575701034550108732014-10-01T08:48:04.767-04:002014-10-01T08:48:04.767-04:00I think Peter was referring to the original idea b...I think Peter was referring to the original idea behind charters, that they would be "laboratories" that would work in concert with public school systems. With that understanding, there is irony.Jageyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081111336396221765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-20541276072635228352014-10-01T08:03:14.403-04:002014-10-01T08:03:14.403-04:00"Human children are not in school for the pri..."Human children are not in school for the primary purpose of being fitted to become part of a larger whole."<br /><br />Isn't that the point of this demented process? Not to see how bright or how creative or how artistic or how tech savvy our kids can be if given the opportunity to soar, but to fit the worker standard once they've graduated from CC boot camp?nyfarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984439751038328833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-35145963321423785472014-09-30T14:55:08.782-04:002014-09-30T14:55:08.782-04:00"And charters. He loves charters. Which-- mor..."And charters. He loves charters. Which-- more irony-- is an odd thing to be in favor of when your other goal is to make all schools essentially the same, anyway."<br /><br />Could you explain that? It seems to me that's exactly what charters do - standardize. Or, at least, what they are doing, although I'd be the first to agree that that's not the way they were supposed to be. But all these charter chains that are replicating faster than cancer cells are all cookie cutter, "no excuses", "drill and kill" models that all use each other's "best practices". If I were to blindfold you and lead you into one, I doubt you could tell me whether you were in a Success Academy, a YES Prep, a KIPP school or a Rocketship school. Seems to me that charters and standardization go together like love and marriage and horse and carriage and all that stuff.Diennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570040547158789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-72708327977200880222014-09-30T07:16:03.612-04:002014-09-30T07:16:03.612-04:00There's a reason people in the cheap seats see...There's a reason people in the cheap seats seem to care more than celebrities in the corporate suites. <br /><br />Peter Greene, thanks for expressing the care I see every day in the teachers in my building. Jerry Mastershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434978785014432120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-55634338964915994882014-09-30T01:49:10.450-04:002014-09-30T01:49:10.450-04:00Brilliant analysis.Brilliant analysis.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-7197406798153053892014-09-29T21:38:59.925-04:002014-09-29T21:38:59.925-04:00Bill Gates is a very bright guy. Unfortunately he...Bill Gates is a very bright guy. Unfortunately he dropped out of college before he realized that everyone is not as bright as he is and he seems to have never come to this realization. Children, and adults, learn at different rates and in different ways. To impose a one size fits all program on real human beings is, simply, wrong. Even Alfred Binet knew this.. Evihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09283525053818790301noreply@blogger.com